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Posted: Fri Mar 20th, 2009 02:35 pm

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Doc C
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Have an ancestor, Lucien H. Spencer, who served in the 5th Michigan Cav. He was captured at Trevillion Station and a pow at Andersonville and later Millen. While looking into the Andersonville pow list on the nps soldier/sailor website I noticed a caption to "see Oscar C. Wood's diary". Have googled this but come up empty. Any thoughts as to Oscar C. Wood's diary?

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Posted: Fri Mar 20th, 2009 06:52 pm

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Doc C,

Maybe this will be helpful:

Through the help of friend I found out that Oscar C. Wood was a private and then a corporal in the 5th Michigan Cavalry.

Here's the 5th Michigan roster:

http://www.michiganinthewar.org/cavalry/5cava.htm

Here's his gravesite:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wood&GSfn=oscar&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=6041988&

Here's where he was in 1894 (Elkland Township):
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0024676

And maybe this could help for further research:
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/tuscola/tcgs.htm

Good luck, Doc. At least it's a start.

Does anyone ever ask you 'What's up, Doc?'

Posted: Fri Mar 20th, 2009 08:12 pm

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Thanks PC, I should have looked at the regiments roster. Undoubtably he has a diary out there somewhere. So begins my quest. Lucien Spencer had a brother in the 1st Mich Cav, William, who was a pow at the 2nd Manassas, then later wounded at Five Forks where he had his right arm amputated. I'm currently compiling a list of all my ancestors who were captured/pow, wounded, kia. As you can problably surmise, I like lists. People haven't asked that question for a while, wish I did have something to tell them, in regards to what's up.

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Last edited on Fri Mar 20th, 2009 08:13 pm by Doc C

Posted: Thu Mar 18th, 2010 10:59 pm

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Here something to add....

History of Macomb County, Michigan: containing an account of its ... - Page 766

1882 - 924 pages
187',); Hattie, born March 26, 1863, died February 13, 1865; McClellan, born September IT), 1865; Ezra Wood, died June 3, 1873, of malignant erysipelas; Oscar C. Wood was born December 31, 1840, in Bruce; he enlisted August 18. ...
books.google.com - Book overview - Full view HISTORY OF MACOMB COUNTY - Page 766

1882
... of malignant erysipelas; Oscar C. Wood was born December 31, 1840, in Bruce; he enlisted August 18, 1862, in Company A, Fifth Michigan Cavalry; served as a private and Corporal until June 11, 1864, when he was taken prisoner at the ...
books.google.com - Book overview - Full view

I guess his diary may be in the Macomb county liberty....

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